Why Cocks Do Not Crow in Damp Environments

Notes

1. §187.1νοτιώτερος — The comparative degree of the adjective νότιος (southern, damp), referring here to high humidity. Judging from the parallel passage in Aelian, NA 3.38 (νοτιώτερός ἐστιν ὁ ἀήρ), the copula (ἐστιν) is omitted. The reading ̓ο in the text is likely a manuscript corruption or an unnecessary remnant.
2. §187.1ἔνθα — A relative adverb used without an antecedent to mean 'where' or 'the place in which'. The clause it introduces is coordinated by καὶ with τοῖς ὑγροῖς χωρίοις under the preposition Ἐν.